The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Small Boy Attacked by Cat at Au-
gusta and Terribly Clawed-One
Negro Drowned in the River Above
Augusta and Another's Legs Terri
bly, Crushed by a Train.
GEORGIA.
Thirty-onc have joined Liberty church
in Irwin county in the past few days.
An effort is being made before Judge
Fort TO secure a new trial for the murderer
Blackman.
Judge Beeks announces that no has no in
tention OF resigning the Judgeship of Spald-
ing county.
Dooly county stock-raisers will have a
colt show at Vienna on the first Saturday in
September.
Prof C. s. Wells, a prominent citizen,
living near Homer, was found dead in his
room Tuesday.
A local correspondent of the Thomasville
Enterprise wants the drug stores compelled
to close on Sundays.
There is an old gentleman in Athens who
has out lived all the life insurance companies
that he ever isvested in.
A P. Wright e. Co., will have a hand
some new bank building on Broad street,
Townsville, before long.
lately died in Washington county, aged 81
years. The one surviving is feeble.
The voluntary contributions put into the
mite boxes at Americas for missionary pur-
poses, last week amounted to $2S.3S.
Joe Moore. of Townsville, stood "fat-
footed" and jumped over a mule on Broad
street the other day without touching the
mule.
The colored people of Habersham county
pay S106 to each poll returned, the whites
pay 1892 to each poll returned. Quite a
contrast
Uncle Ed. Stephens, now nearly 30 years
of age, still reigns and rules in the post
office at Cleveland. He makes a good post
master, when his extreme age is taken into
account.
While at work on the Presbyterian stee-
pie, at Columbus, Tuesday, Sam johnson
had two fingers on his right hand so badly
mashed in a crank, that it was necessary to
have them amputated.
The woman that left Athens with Col
Light, of the Salvation Army, writes back
that she is disguised with the whole concern
and the way they run the Salvation Army
in Atlanta, and wants to get back home.
There was received at the executive office
yesterday the following postal card: Ma
con, Ga, Aug. 16, lSS7.-John B. Gordon. -
Sir: We will not be responsible for Wool
folk if put on trial later than Sept. Is, 1888.
The watermelon crop in Cobb county this
year has been unprecedented in the quantity
and size of melons Some of the farmers
have already pocketed 800, 500 and $500
each off a few acres, and are not through
selling yet. 1t has paid them at the rate of
500 per acre.
The City Council has determined to offer
the bridge owned by the city over Flint
60. 10 ,t n
Tuesday in September. The structure is in
good repair, and if rightly managed will
pay the purchaser good percentage upon
the investment.
The Chief of Police of Atlanta has secured
a number of pictures that were sold in
packages of Duke & Co.'S cigarettes. He
says the pictures are obscene, and he will
take steps to have Duke 81 Co. indicted, and
will prosecute every dealer who sells the
packages containing the pictures.
Walter T. Colquitt, foreman, publisher,
and general manager of the Schleu COUNTY,
Enterprise, dropped quite heavily on his
employers Monday morning. He left his
boots as a guarantee of good faith, and has
flown back to his old haunts in Mexico or
Arizona, and the Enterprise is languishing
for printer.
Sandersvile received her first bale of new
cotton for this season on Tuesday II was
brought in by J. B. Wilkerson and was
bought by George D. Warthen for 015c per
pound. Col j. Newsome brought the first
bale to Davisboro W ednesday, and Tennilles
first bale was brought in "Wednesday by
j. B. Wilkerson.
Capt. r. S. Payne, Jr., Chief Engineer
of the Buena Vista and Ellaville railroad
Is confined to his bed, Frustrated from ex-
posure to the sun during the heated term,
and has sent in his resignation, to take eff
feet as soon as another engineer can arrive
to relieve him. In the meantime the work
will continue under his direction.
At Macon, Wednesday, Raymond NOEL
Macon, was drowned in the Cen
trial railroad pond. He was in bathing
with two younger brothers and ventured
beyond his depth, and not being able to
swim, and his younger brothers not being
able to assist him, drowned. His body was
recovered half an hour afterward.
Up to this time only seven patriotic and
self-sacrificing citizens of Sumter have an
nounced their willingness and intention OF
Offering themselves as candidates for the
Office of Tax Receiver, made vacant by the
death of the late incumbent, j. A. Daniel.
All the returns are not in yet, and it may be
that by the day of election this noble band
of patriots will be doubled in number.
Bob Stapleton, colored employe of Au-
gusta's Narrow Gauge railroad, was badly
injured Wednesday. He was attempting &c
couple a train of cars while they were III
motion, and in some way fell beneath the
wheels. One of his legs was broken and the
other was fearfully cut and crushed near
the thigh. The affair happened when the
morning train was outward bound, and be
tween Stapleton and Wrenss.
At Augusta the boat of the Augusta
Steamboat Company has been Strengthened
and all relics of the recent freshet removed
Calking has already begun on some parts,
while the work OF putting in braces has
been carried on in Others. Mr. Sweeney,
who is in charge, states that the boat has
been in no way injured by the floods, and
that the work will be pushed, so as to have
everything ready ahead for launching in a
few days.
At Marietta suit has been filed by j, O.
Gartrell and r. n. Holland, ATTORNEYS for S.
>. Abbott, against DR.. G.. NJ Heidi, claim
ing damages to the amount of $1,000 for
defamation of character, in that said Heidi
accused the defendant, in the presence of
divers of persons of stealing a scythe blade,
monkey wrench and some clover, thus
placing upon him the crime of simple lar
ceny, "a crime punishable by law, virtually
bringing him into ridicule and disgrace.
Adjt Gen. Kell is still trying to obtain
the lowest possible rates for the Governor
and his staff on their trip to Philadelphia
next month. The various railroads that